On April 29, 2022, former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for hiding £2.5 million in assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The case stemmed from his 2017 bankruptcy, when he owed creditors nearly £50 million.
The sentencing dominated international headlines. Commentators described it as a dramatic fall from grace. His reputation, career prospects and financial future were widely viewed as shattered. Many assumed his public life, at least in the near term, was effectively over.
Two days later, on May 1, 2022, I publicly stated:
At the time, this was a bold and contrarian prediction. The tennis legend had just received a 30-month sentence. The mainstream expectation was that he would serve a substantial portion of it.
I predicted a specific release window: between May 2022 and December 2022.
On December 15, 2022, Boris Becker was released from prison after serving approximately eight months of his thirty month sentence. He was deported to Germany immediately upon release.
The timing fell precisely within the forecast window.
More importantly, the “new phase” I described began to unfold soon after. Becker returned to public life through major commercial engagements, including high-profile media appearances, documentary projects and renewed commentary roles. He re-entered the financial and public arena in a manner that surprised many who had written off his comeback.
The prediction identified both the timing of his release and the beginning of a resurgence phase.
He was freed before December 2022 – exactly within the stated window.
And the comeback began.
Several months later, I made another prediction about him — and it proved accurate. This time, the tennis legend was gracious enough to retweet me.
